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If you guys enjoyed this, you'll love the Ranger Handbook. Still have mine from when I went through :) [0] http://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/ranger.pdf http://fas

If you guys enjoyed this, you'll love the Ranger Handbook. Still have mine from when I went through :) [0] http://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/ranger.pdf http://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/ranger.pdf

steveplace 12y ago
Since we're on a roll, here's a CIA manual on tradecraft https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/Tradecraft%20Primer-apr09.pdf https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intellig...
- remarkEon 12y ago
  Oh wow this is a great one. Can't find the link online but some of the older, Vietnam era field manuals concerning radio-wave propagation and the NVIS effect are pretty amazing. Not as usefully today in the age of SATCOM, but a great skill nonetheless.
- sveme 12y ago
  Found this one interesting: 2003 Iraq’s WMD Programs + Saddam failed to cooperate with UN inspectors because he was continuing to develop weapons of mass destruction. - If Iraqi authorities had destroyed their WMD stocks and abandoned their programs, they might refuse to fully acknowledge this to the UN to maintain Iraq’s regional status, deterrence, and internal regime stability. I wonder whether the internal decision making at the CIA before the 2003 war was really as simple as that.
chrissnell 12y ago
I wish I could post my "Engineer Bible" but it's FOUO. It's full of all sorts of fun stuff, including improvised demolitions, various breaching charges, and weirdo WW2-era stuff like the abatis [1]. Totally impractical for anyone here but a very entertaining read. There's a lot of math that goes into explosives if you want to do it right. [1] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abatis http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abatis PS- to above poster: saw your comments a few weeks back about leaving the Army and entering the tech workforce. I have experience with both. If you have questions or want to chat, my contact info is on chrissnell.com.
bdz 12y ago
Also the regular Army survival guide http://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-05-70.pdf http://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-05-70.pdf
mbubb 12y ago
This is an interesting section on Military Medicine: http://fas.org/irp/doddir/milmed/index.html http://fas.org/irp/doddir/milmed/index.html

If you guys enjoyed this, you'll love the Ranger Handbook. Still have mine from when I went through :) [0] http://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/ranger.pdf http://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/ranger.pdf

steveplace 12y ago

Since we're on a roll, here's a CIA manual on tradecraft https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/Tradecraft%20Primer-apr09.pdf https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intellig...

remarkEon 12y ago
Oh wow this is a great one. Can't find the link online but some of the older, Vietnam era field manuals concerning radio-wave propagation and the NVIS effect are pretty amazing. Not as usefully today in the age of SATCOM, but a great skill nonetheless.
sveme 12y ago
Found this one interesting: 2003 Iraq’s WMD Programs + Saddam failed to cooperate with UN inspectors because he was continuing to develop weapons of mass destruction. - If Iraqi authorities had destroyed their WMD stocks and abandoned their programs, they might refuse to fully acknowledge this to the UN to maintain Iraq’s regional status, deterrence, and internal regime stability. I wonder whether the internal decision making at the CIA before the 2003 war was really as simple as that.

chrissnell 12y ago

I wish I could post my "Engineer Bible" but it's FOUO. It's full of all sorts of fun stuff, including improvised demolitions, various breaching charges, and weirdo WW2-era stuff like the abatis [1]. Totally impractical for anyone here but a very entertaining read. There's a lot of math that goes into explosives if you want to do it right. [1] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abatis http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abatis PS- to above poster: saw your comments a few weeks back about leaving the Army and entering the tech workforce. I have experience with both. If you have questions or want to chat, my contact info is on chrissnell.com.

bdz 12y ago

Also the regular Army survival guide http://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-05-70.pdf http://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-05-70.pdf

mbubb 12y ago

This is an interesting section on Military Medicine: http://fas.org/irp/doddir/milmed/index.html http://fas.org/irp/doddir/milmed/index.html